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North Carolina Trout Fishing Species Information
from:If you want to go North Carolina trout fishing, there are different types of trout found in the waters there. If you want to have the advantage when it comes to trout fishing, you need to know as much as possible about the types of trout found in the waters here.
There are three main types of trout that are found in the waters of North Carolina. They are:
• Brook trout (speckled trout)
• Rainbow trout
• Brown trout
The brook trout is the only trout that is actually a native of North Carolina. They live mainly in the cold waters that are found high in the mountains. The brook trout can be easily recognized by its bright color and its lower fins that are black and white. Today it is very rare to catch a brook trout over twelve inches in length because most of them average about eight inches or under.
Rainbow trout, highly popular with sport fishers, is native to the western parts of the United States. However, they were brought to North Carolina in the 1800’s. You can recognize the rainbow trout by its pink or red band and black spots. Its gills are usually a red or pink color as well. The average length for these fish are ten inches or under. However, once in a while you may see rainbow trout that are longer. These fish can live in warm water, but they do better where it is cool water and fast flowing streams. The rainbow trout will put up a fight and tend to do a lot of jumping around when hooked.
The brown trout is a native of Northern Europe and was brought to North Carolina in the early 1900’s. These fish can be distinguished by a brownish-yellow color. They also have black, red and orange spots scattered around on their sides. The brown trout averages about twelve inches in length but people have reported catching ones that was over eighteen inches. The brown trout are known to put up a fight just like the rainbow trout but in a different way. They tend to swim to the bottom of the water and try to hide under rocks and logs. These fish prefer streams that are full of minnows that have a slow moving flow to them.
If you are looking for great North Carolina trout fishing, then you are in luck with so many great trout to choose from! This is one of the best places in the world to go fishing. In fact, many serious fishermen will say that North Carolina is the only place to go for trout fishing.
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